Yesterday Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao was accompanied by two SUVs and up to six security personnel in an afternoon trip to a nail parlor. Chao was apparently preparing for the evening’s big fundraiser in Louisville, KY with Republican Presidential nominee John McCain.

Kentucky video blogger James Pence was on the scene, and put together this video of Chao and her entourage leaving the parlor.

Chao’s husband, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, introduced the GOP nominee to the $2 million crowd of 650 people. The Nation said Pence “makes some of the freshest, funniest … political videos anywhere,” and he’s done it again covering this event.

Matt Gunterman sums up the problem with this scene:

So, by my rough calculation, it probably cost on the order $450 to get Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao’s nails done.

Workers in Kentucky struggle to fill up their gas tanks because gas is $4/gallon and inflation is rising.

Workers in Kentucky worry that they won’t have a job tomorrow because the second Bush recession promised to be even worse than the first.

Workers in Kentucky wonder if they’ll meet next month’s mortgage, while Wall Street fat cats get bailed out by Washington.

But does any of this worry Elaine Chao, wife of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R) and George W. Bush’s Secretary of Labor?

Go read the rest of Matt’s post.

This entry was posted by Michael Whitney on Sunday, June 29th, 2008 at 4:46 pm to Elaine Chao, Kentucky, Mitch McConnell, Videos.
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